An Irishman’s attempt to row naked across the Indian Ocean has been cast into doubt after he cut his head in stormy waters.

KINSALE is in party mood this weekend after its Clipper Carnival kicked off yesterday.

A SAILOR on the Irish entry in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, which was abandoned after hitting a reef, said she and her crew-mates will be back on a Cork boat by the time the race arrives Ireland this summer.

THE Irish entry in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, which hit a reef in the Java Sea off Indonesia on Friday, cannot be salvaged and will be lost to the sea.

ONE of the Irish sailors who narrowly escaped disaster after their yacht struck rocks in Indonesian waters during a major worldwide race has spoken of his near-death escape.